McIlroy Ends Winless Season Vowing To Be A Major Force In 2018
Rory McIlroy brought the curtain down on his first winless season in nine years vowing to return from a near three-month golfing sabbatical again a major force in world golf. McIlroy ended a...
View ArticleHelena, Arkansas – Mississippi River Delta Charm.
In his 1883 memoir of his days as a steamboat pilot legendary author, Mark Twain described the town of Helena, Arkansas as “one of the prettiest situations on the Mississippi”. The port town of Helena,...
View ArticleBjorn Declares You Would Be A ‘Fool’ Not To Want Paul Casey In Your Team.
Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn insists only a ‘fool’ would not want England golfer Paul Casey in a European Team. Casey is currently ranked No.14 in the world and would qualify at this stage would...
View ArticlePenmar Golf Course, Santa Monica & Where Indiana Jones ‘Safely’ Missed The...
Penmar Golf Club is a better-than-average nine-hole golf course in the suburb of Venice near Santa Monica on the Pacific Ocean shoreline in California. The club is located just three miles from the...
View ArticleRory McIlroy’s Childhood Home Complete With Putting Green For Sale & Yours...
The childhood home of four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy – 43 Belfast Road, Holywood – is up for sale. There is no historical plaque affixed to the front wall of the attractive red brick building to...
View ArticleGarcia Ends 22-Year, 266-Event Drought To Line-Up On Monza Starting Grid.
In what will surely be an Italian warm welcome, Masters Champion Sergio Garcia will line-up on the starting grid for this week’s Italian Open in Monza. It will be the reigning Masters Champion’s first...
View ArticleTommy Fleetwood Lines-Up On Pole Position In Monza.
European No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood lines-up in pole position on the Monza tee looking to extend his Race to Dubai lead in this week’s Italian Open. In making his way to the course Fleetwood, like many...
View ArticleMcDowell Wins Enough Italian Parmesan Cheese For 25-Years Of ‘Spag Bol’.
When Graeme McDowell captured the 2004 Italian Open he not only won a cheque for Euro 200,000 but enough Parmesan Cheese ‘for 25 years of Spaghetti Bolognaise’. That was the tongue-in-cheek remark by a...
View ArticleDrysdale Goes To The Barbers & Then Cuts Bogey-Free Swath Around Monza Course.
Scot David Drysdale was so chuffed in getting an on-course haircut he then went out to produce his equal-lowest Italian Open round in just over a decade. It is common at many PGA Tour events but the...
View ArticleBoxall Recalls 27-Years Ago Being Left Without A Logo Shirt In Winning...
Former Italian Open winner Richard Boxall remembers vividly the occasion 27-years ago at this week’s host venue in Monza when all he had left to wear over the final round was a plain logo-free yellow...
View ArticleFound – Possibly The Slowest Golfer In The History Of The Game.
Slow play is the curse of any golfer professional or amateur. Of course, the European Tour is planning to introduce penalties for any player taking more 40 seconds to play a shot but the 40 seconds...
View ArticleMoonlight Brilliantly Lights Up Belle Of Cincinnati On Ohio River.
We were lucky to be in the right place at the right time when a full moon lit-up the Belle of Cincinnati that was at berth on the Ohio River.
View ArticleF1 Fan Fraser Roars To Share Monza Lead Fuelled By Poor Season.
Race car fan Marcus Fraser is clearly excited competing next door to the famed Monza F1 circuit producing his lowest European Tour career score of a nine-under par 62 and seize a share of the lead on...
View ArticleDunne Needing A Monza Third Round Fastest Lap.
Paul Dunne is going to need a third round fastest lap to get himself into last day Italian Open contention at Monza. The British Masters champ found himself stuck in the pack on a superb scoring day...
View ArticleBleary-Eyed Dunne Shines Brightly In Shanghai
Bleary-eyed Paul Dunne shrugged off the effects of jet-lag to shine brightly on the opening day of the WGC – HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. Dunne looked very impressive in the elite company grabbing...
View ArticleSturehed Storms To Tour C’Ship Success As Elson Secures MENA No. 1 Title
Impressive Henric Sturehed stormed his way to a massive nine-shot victory at the MENA Tour Championship as England’s Jamie Elson wrapped up the Order of Merit title at Al Zorah Golf Club on Thursday. A...
View ArticleColsaerts Flying First Class With New Callaway Driver In Turkish Airlines...
Antalya, Turkey … Belguim’s Nicolas Colsaerts took full advantage of a new Callaway driver in shooting a seven-under par 64 and share the lead on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya....
View ArticleBleary-Eyed Drysdale Wide Away Leading Tartan Turkish Airlines Open Colleagues
Antalya, Turkey … Not for a first occasion this season in-form David Drysdale finds himself the leading Scot and after a three-under par 68 on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at Antalya. Drysdale...
View ArticleHarrington Goes From Budget Carrier To Turkish Airlines Open Business Class.
Antalya, Turkey …. Padraig Harrington went from flying with buget airline Easy Jet to moving straight into business class on day one of the Turkish Airlines Open at the Regnun Carya resort in Antalya....
View ArticleGallacher Has Uncle Bernard To Thank For John Jacobs Grip Tip.
Antalya, Turkey …. Stephen Gallacher has a book by the late John Jacobs book to thank for a hopeful change in his European Tour fortunes. Gallacher shot a two-under par 69 on day one of the Turkish...
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